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Here are a list of pieces:
Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler
Williams' "Of Darker Ceremonies," (Links to an external site.) Hieu Minh Nguyen's "Probe," (Links to an external site.) and Espinoza's "It Is Important To Be Something." (Links to an external site.)
Peterson's After Before and After (excerpt) (Links to an external site.), Nguyen's "White Boy Time Machine: Software," (Links to an external site.) and Shockley's "Explosives"
Morgan Parker's There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé (excerpted poems)
Danez Smith's Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Book)
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The “Girl Child” has Redefined Societal Gender Roles - Mohammed Al-Alawi
Call it civilization or revolution, but societal gender roles and expectations have changed
in contemporary society. The society has progressed from the male-dominated era where men
exercised superiority over women. It’s everywhere around the world, and there is no single day I
fail to hear the awakening of the media and social organizations supporting the girl child and the
need for the creation of gender equality. I defend the girl child because I believe neglecting them
could present serious consequences and affect their advancement.
Gender equality
Well, I can’t dispute the fact that these changes have promoted the advancement of
women. Listening to my grandmother’s stories, its sound so funny that in their generation,
women were expected to remain in the private sphere and take care of the home and children
while men ventured in the public domain to work and study. I believe this was discriminative to
women as they couldn’t get the opportunity to advance and explore their potentials. Espinoza
Jennifer in her poem, “It Is Important to Be Something” asserts this point by highlighting the
struggle women go through regarding these societal roles. Interestingly, these roles have changed
which has seen women going through education, working, and getting into power. It seems the
women have progressed in the struggles to eliminate gender discrimination and inequality.
It’s essential to note that every society outlines its roles and expectation for each gender,
and mine is not an exception. Espino...